What is recorded here
London Mithraeum is shown as a ruins on the public map of City of London. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
The London Mithraeum was a Roman temple dedicated to the god Mithras, dating back to the 3rd or 4th century AD, and was rediscovered in 1954 during excavations near the Bank of England. It is important as one of the few surviving Mithraic temples in Britain and reflects the presence of a mystery cult popular among Roman soldiers and merchants.
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- Recorded date
- ~240s
- Operator
- Bloomberg Space
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Photo: Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0